“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
~
John A. Shedd on Ships
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
~ John A. Shedd
Charles Bukowski on Style
“It’s better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.”
~ Charles Bukowski
Hunter Thompson on Life and Risk
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely.”
~ Hunter Thompson
William Shakespeare on Perils
“You knew he walk’d o’er perils, on an edge,
More likely to fall in than to get o’er”
~ William Shakespeare
Hunter Thompson on Risk
“Where would the world be if all men had sought security and not taken risks or gambled with their lives?”
~ Hunter Thompson
Hunter Thompson on Danger
“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.”
~ Hunter Thompson
William Shakespeare on Danger
“The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.”
~ William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare on Valour
“The better part of valour is discretion, in the which better part I have sav’d my life.”
~ William Shakespeare
Hunter Thompson on Living Steady
“Live steady — don’t fuck around.”
~ Hunter Thompson
William Shakespeare
“Against ill chances men are ever merry.”
~ William Shakespeare